Chiltern Valley Cycle Route
Enjoy an interesting tour of the landscape and heritage features west of Chiltern, including Donchi Hill lookout, Chiltern Valley machinery museum shed and Chiltern Valley dams No: 1 and No: 2. Birdwatching is popular at both dams, and there are plenty of spots to park your bike to enjoy a bite to eat. Distance: 20…
Read MoreHoneyeater Cycle Route
A tour south of the Hume Freeway, visiting Honeyeater picnic area and dam and Attreys Reef through ironbark and white box forests. Keep an eye out for tree goannas – they are often seen clinging to the side of tree trunks – and the beautiful array of wildflowers. Distance: 24 kilometres Sealed surface: Seven kilometres
Read MoreBarambogie Cycle Route
Enjoy a moderately challenging ride on open roads with some long gradual ascents and descents. As you head out of town you will pass the old racecourse and the gold-rush era cemetery. The heavily treed summit of Mt Barambogie (480 metres) can be accessed via a steep and rocky track. Distance: 36 kilometres. Sealed surface:…
Read MoreOut of Town Nursery and Humming Garden
Nestled in the foothills of the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park in North East Victoria, this four acre garden is comprised of many rooms each with its own character and style, crammed with an extensive collection of native and exotic plants. Unusual bulbs, ornamental grasses, succulents, perennials, water plants, flowering trees, shrubs and an extensive collection…
Read MoreLake View House
Lake View House is the childhood home of Henry Handel Richardson, pseudonym of ‘The Getting of Wisdom’ author’s Ethel Florence Richardson, who immortalised her experiences in Chiltern in her popular ‘The Fortunes of Richard Mahony’ trilogy. This charming red-brick house is furnished in period style, recreating a romantic lakeside country villa residence in a prosperous…
Read MoreDow’s Pharmacy
Built in 1859 in Chiltern and bought by Hilda and Roy Dow in 1930, the unique Dow’s Pharmacy stands as a fascinating time capsule complete with over 4,000 original items in its collection from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The pharmacy closed its doors in 1968 with much of its content still intact. It…
Read MoreChiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
Located between Beechworth and the low hills surrounding Chiltern, Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park includes the striking Mt Pilot Range and Woolshed Falls, protecting the box-ironbark forest that once covered much of north-east Victoria. Short or day-long walks can be made on vehicle tracks through open forest and a 25 kilometre historic drive is marked from…
Read MoreChiltern Bakery and Cafe
At Chiltern Bakery and Cafe, great food, coffee and friendly service is their passion. They use only the finest and freshest ingredients to create cakes, slices and pastries that will fill your belly and warm your heart. Chiltern Bakery and Cafe have a spacious dining room and outside eating area. Come and visit – your…
Read MoreHotson’s Cherries
At Hotson’s Cherries, their cherries are a delicious seasonal treat, full of flavour and health giving qualities. The farmgate shop is only 1.5 Kilometres off the Hume freeway and is close to Wangaratta, Beechworth, Rutherglen and Albury/Wodonga. Cherries are available in one kilogram and two kilogram punnets and five kilogram boxes. Lois and Bill Hotson…
Read MoreLake Anderson Caravan Park
Lake Anderson Caravan Park is situated in the leisure/sporting precinct of Chiltern, Victoria. This precinct includes a children’s playground, swimming pool, tennis courts, skate bowl, as well as lawn bowls and a football and cricket club. The main street of Chiltern is a three-minute walk from your site or cabin. Lake Anderson Caravan Park is…
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